Approved by CPD

If you or your organisation handles personal information about individuals you have legal obligations to protect that information.

The benefits of good data safety are numerous and include, good business practice, the protection of people’s rights and the protection of your organisation’s reputation.

This online Data Protection course is designed to help businesses and individuals comply with the essential principles of the UK’s Data Protection Act and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

If you handle personal information as part of your work, then data protection should be integral to your daily activities. This course explains what your responsibilities are under data protection law so that you understand how to collect data legally, obtain consent where required, process data by the law and ensure data security.

In recent years some companies and individuals have experienced serious legal consequences for data protection breaches and this highlights why it is so important to get it right.

Training should be a vital part of any company’s data protection policy.

Modules Covered

Benefits of Good Data Safety, Rights and Conditions, The Data Protection Act,
Data Sharing and Security, creating a Data Protection Policy, Putting it into Practice, Handling the Requests for Personal Data, Introduction to GDPR.

Certification

On successful completion of our course, you will be emailed a safety training quality assured certificate. This can be used to provide evidence for compliance and audit.

This course is approved by CPD as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.